The next program in the Virginia Heritage Resource Center's Mining the
Treasure House lecture series will be held at noon on Tuesday, 16
September 2008 in the conference rooms adjacent to the lobby of the
Library of Virginia at 800 East Broad Street in downtown Richmond. The
speakers will be J. Jefferson Looney, Editor-in-Chief of the Thomas
Jefferson Papers, Retirement Series, and Lisa A. Francavilla, Managing
Editor of that series. Their talks are entitled "But Grandpapa Wishes
It": Thomas Jefferson As Seen by His Family & "Holding in Trust for the
Use of Others": Thomas Jefferson's Grandchildren and the Creation of the
Jefferson Image. J. Jeff Looney will speak on perceptions of Thomas
Jefferson as seen by his children and grandchildren and Lisa Francavilla
will discuss how Jefferson's grandchildren attempted to shape his image
after his death.


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